Archive for September 2012
Status: Former ATP player. Winner of one ATP doubles title (Delray Beach). Reached a career high ranking of #100 in 2001. Operates the Armando Tennis Academy with his father Hugo Sr. in Bradenton.
DOB: May 27, 1978 In: Miami, FL
First Tennis Memory: "Watching my sister (Romina) play and playing with the wall at our club in Argentina."
Tennis Inspirations: "Wow, so many...my sister, Jim Courier, Alberto Mancini, Pete Sampras, Pat Cash, Ivan Lendl, I could go on and on."
First Famous Tennis Player You Ever Met: "Andre Agassi. At the Bollettieri Academy. I was 12 and we hit some balls for the Donnay people."
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By Justin Chaffee
As he walked up to the service line, bearing his patriotic star and stripes shoes, he bounced the yellow fuzzy ball, and wiped the sweat pouring from his brow. Now with his mind racing was ready to reach back, and give it one more, just one last thunderous serve……
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Andy Roddick officially retired from professional tennis following his four set defeat to Juan Martin Del Potro.
Roddick is the last American male to win the U.S. Open which he did in 2003, also finishing as the year-end World #1 player.
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Sep/12
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Drizzle Wins On Tuesday At The US Open
6 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
Wake up and read the Bergen Record and on page two there's a photo of Roberto Vinci but the paper misidentifies her as Sara Errani, her fellow Italian quarterfinal opponent. I wonder for a few seconds, how many readers besides me catch that error.
I'm out to the Open today to deliver some Rios books to the U.S. Open bookstore. Rick Rennert put them right on the front table next to Wertheim's "Strokes of Genius" and Rene Stauffer's Fed book "Quest For Perfection."
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Sep/12
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Johan Kriek Recalls His U.S. Open Debut In 1978
2 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
By Johan Kriek
Every year around this time I remember back how it all went for me at my first U.S. Open in 1978 when I arrived by plane from Austria on Eastern Airlines into Miami. It was also the first year the Open moved from Forest Hills to Flushing Meadows and at that time the whole place looked totally different from what it is today. Louis Armstrong stadium was the big center court and now the Arthur Ashe stadium has been built and they cut the top of Armstrong down which, in my opinion, is still one of the greatest center courts in the world... Continue to read full article...
Sep/12
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Roddick Praises Old Rival and Current Buddy Hewitt
11 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Bios
"He's probably the best competitor I played against," Andy Roddick said about Lleyton Hewitt this week at the U.S. Open.
"It's weird. This year we've probably become friends. At first we probably didn't like each other much and then it came to the point where we respected each other... Continue to read full article...
Sep/12
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Junior Boy From Spain’s Dramatic U.S. Open Match Account
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By Carlos Di Palma
This is a long email but I know you love tennis.
We had an unforgettable day at the Open.
After a slow start Jose Antonio Martin Salazar fell...
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Sep/12
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Sunday Match of the Day, Dolgopolov vs. Stan
12 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Dan M
Sunday's Match of the Day is a tip to Scoop and his fondness for Dolgopolov. Mr. Alexandr plays the suddenly-hot Stanislav Wawrinka in a third round match. Remember what is at stake. If you choose the correct winner of each Match of the Day–and you skip one, so for those out you who want to enter with the Dolgo-Wawa match, just post your pick–you win “Break Point†and "Marcelo Rios–The Man We Barely Knew.†Continue to read full article...
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